What a great project! Feel free to post in chunks...kind of like a serial novel... As your information pertains to family in St. Louis it might have relevance to other members. I think if you save the Lotus notes as a "text file" most should be able to read them. If you want to try that feel free to send me a test. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill & Julie Chitwood" <chitwood@surfree.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:26 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] 1918-1921 letters > I have letters written in 1918-1921 that give a fantastic view of life > in St. Louis at that time period. They go into the effects of the > Spanish Infl., housing costs, dresses, politics, social events, movies > being shown, troop returns, etc. > > I have basically finished indexing 600 pages of letters written between > Sept. 1918 through Dec. 1921. There are about 1000 names, most relating > to people living in or near St. Louis. They were written by my two great > aunts: Celeste O'Donnell (St. Louis) & Rosalie O'Donnell (stationed > overseas with the Red Cross) and my Grandmother, Anna Mae (O'Donnell) > Malin (Chicago). They give a lot of information, not only about St. > Louis and the World, but marriages, deaths, births of friends and > family. I'm not sure if the list would be interested in seeing the index > - if so it is on the Lotus program and doesn't want to let me cut and > paste - so if anyone has any ideas? It is about 33 pages of names and > page numbers. I'm also hoping to scan the letters and put them on a cd > to protect them - one of these days. > > All most all of the letters are typewritten as Celeste worked for > Liggett & Meyer; Rosalie was a clerk in the Red Cross and my > Grandfather, to the vast relief of the family, purchased my Grandmother > a typewriter shortly after Rosalie left for overseas in 1918. Julie > Chitwood > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look. > >